A slicer is provided. The slicer comprises a body (1), a food mounting device (3), a food cutting device (4), and a cover (2). The cover (2) is removably mounted to the body (1). The food mounting device (3) is adapted for mounting food on the food cutting device (4). The food cutting device (4) is adapted for cutting the food mounted by the food mounting device (3). The body (1) comprises a first receiving portion (51) adapted for receiving the food cutting device (4) inside the body (1).

A guillotine style destruction device for severing one or more data carrying disks including a body having an extending passageway defined therein and a disk containing cartridge or support incorporated or positioned within the body and for supporting the disks in intersecting fashion relative to an interior passageway. A handle supports a blade, and is guidably supported relative to the body for displacing the blade within the passageway for incising the disks. The body includes a disk supporting tray at an upper end and, optionally, an incised disk removal tray, drawer or collection receptacle at a bottom end. The blade can be incorporated into either of a pivoting or vertically descending handle and, upon inserting one or more CD's or disks associated with the upper tray, incises the disk to assist traveling into the lower deposit and removal area.

A dust collector includes a container defining an interior volume and an opening. A scraper is positioned within the interior volume of the container, and an edge of the scraper is positioned adjacent an inner surface of the container. A collection motor is coupled to the container and is operable to rotate the container about an axis of rotation between at least a first orientation and a second orientation. The container is positioned and oriented for collecting dust within the interior volume of the container via the opening of the container in the first orientation. The container is positioned and oriented for discharging dust from the interior volume of the container via the opening of the container in the second orientation. A trough is disposed below the container. The trough is positioned for receipt of the dust from the interior volume of the container when the container is in the second orientation.

A apparatus for processing sheets includes: a conveyance unit conveying a sheet; a processing unit provided with processing members processing the sheet along a conveyance direction, and a moving unit moving the processing members in a width direction; and a controller. When a processing position in the width direction to be processed by the processing members is different between a sheet conveyed ahead by the conveyance unit and a subsequent sheet, the controller processes the subsequent sheet by using a processing member having a minimum movement distance from the processing position of the sheet conveyed ahead among the processing members.

A post-processing apparatus includes a transport path having a first path member and a second path member, a punching member disposed on the transport path to perform punching on the medium. The transport path includes a first transport path disposed downstream of the punching member in a transport direction and a second transport path continuously extending downstream of the first transport path in the transport path, the second transport path having a curved shape to hold the medium in a curved state, the first path member in the second transport path forms an outer side of the curved shape and is disposed at a position further separated from the first surface than the first path member in the first transport path, and an upstream end in the transport direction of the medium in the curved state is moved from the first transport path to the second transport path.

Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for recycling cigarette waste, so that the reusable material (e.g., cellulose acetate, CA) in the cigarette waste may be isolated and reused. The cigarette waste is composed of a filter and a non-filter part. The apparatus includes at least, an adjusting unit and a treatment unit, respectively coupled to each other via a conveying member. The adjusting unit is configured to adjust the orientation of each cigarette so that each cigarette is aligned in sequence with the same orientation. The treatment unit is configured to cut out the non-filter part of each cigarette, and physically separating CA from the remaining part of the filter of each cigarette. Also disclosed herein is a method of recycling cigarette waste by use of the present apparatus.

A blind cutting machine includes a cutting blade; a base disposed on a first side of the cutting blade; and a guide disposed on a second side of the cutting blade. The first side is opposite the second side. The guide is adjacent to the cutting blade. The guide is configured to direct cutoff material to a waste collection area. An assembly includes a first member that is rotatable. A second member is configured to limit an amount of rotation of the first member. An actuator is configured to move the second member to a location wherein the second member does not limit the amount of rotation of the first member. The first member is configured to prevent a hand of an operator from coming into contact with the cutting blade.

A device (1) for cutting food includes a cutting unit having a rotatable carrier, a slicing knife associated with the carrier at one side of the carrier for slicing the food, and at least one dicing knife associated with the carrier at another side of the carrier for dicing the food. The cutting unit also includes a protection element that is disposed along a side of the carrier where the at least one dicing knife associated with the carrier is present. The protection element delimits a dicing space for the at least one dicing knife associated with the carrier to move through during operation. The protection element has at least one annular groove at a side for facing the carrier. The annular groove receives a free end of the at least one dicing knife associated with the carrier.

A slicing machine for foodstuffs in block form has a slicing blade for the foodstuff in block form and a shaft for receiving the foodstuff. The longitudinal direction of the shaft corresponds to the feed direction of the foodstuff in block form. The shaft has a first shaft region and a second shaft region which are at least partially separated from one another by a slot. At least one offset lies between the two shaft regions. The two shaft regions can be moved relative to one another such that the offset can be reduced by the movement.

The present invention is an automatic food slicer with a built-in scale which allows the user to have the slicer automatically stop when a particular weight of food has been sliced.